An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,

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An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,

Author

Morris, Richard, ed. 1833-1894.

Publication

London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,

1872.

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Contents

• omitted front matter
• omitted front matter
• A Bestiary. [Arundel MS. 292, leaf 4 a.]
  • Lion
    • Natura leonis ja.
    • ij a.
    • iij a.
    • Significacio prime nature.
    • ija et iija.
  • THE EAGLE.
    • Natura aquile.
    • Significacio.
  • THE SERPENT.
    • Natura serpentis. ja.
    • ij a.
    • [Significacio.]
  • Ant
    • Natura formice.
    • Significacio.
  • Hart
    • Natura cerui.
    • Significacio prima.
    • Natura ija.
    • Significacio ija.
  • Fox
    • Natura wulpis.
    • Significacio.
    • Significacio.
  • Spider
    • Natura aranéé.
    • Significacio.
  • THE WHALE.
    • Natura cetegrandie.
    • Significacio.
  • Mermaid
    • Natura Sirene.
    • Significacio.
  • Elephant
    • Natura elephantis.
    • significacio.
  • Turtledove
    • Natura turturis.
    • Significacio.
  • Panther
    • Natura pantere.
    • Significacio.
  • Dove
    • Natura columbe et significacio.
• Old Kentish Sermons. (Laud. MS 471.)
  • SERMO IN DIE EPIPHANIE.
  • DOMINI[CA] SECUNDA POST OCTAVAM EPIPHANIE. SERMO EUAN.
  • DOMINICA TERCIA POST OCTAVAM EPIPHANIE.
  • DOMINICA QUARTA POST OCTAVAM EPIPHANIE.
  • DOMINICA IN SEXAGESIMA. SERMO.
• I. The Passion of our Lord. [Jesus College (Oxford) MS I. Arch. I. 29, leaf 217.]
  • Ici cumence la passyun ihesu crist en engleys. Incipit prologus.
  • Her biginneþ cristes þrowynge .i. sa passyun.
  • Her is hwon ihesu crist aros from deþe to lyue.
• II. A Moral Ode. [Same MS, leaf 242.]
  • Tractatus quidam in anglico.
• III. Sinners Beware! [Same MS, leaf 248.]
• IV. The Woman of Samaria.
  • Incipit de Muliere samaritana. [Same MS, leaf 251, back.]
• V. Fortune.
• VI. The Five Joys of the Virgin.
  • Her bi-gynneþ þe vif Blyssen of vre leuedi seynte Marie.
• VII.
  • Hwon holy chireche is vnder uote.
• VIII. Anthem of St Thomas the Martyr.
  • Incipit Antiphona de sancto Thoma Martyre in Anglico.
• IX. On Serving Christ.
• X. A Luue Ron.
  • Incipit quidam cantus quem composuit frater Thomas de hales de ordine fratrum Minorum. ad instanciam cuiusdam puelle deo dicate.
• XI. The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 261, back, the latter part on leaf 254.]
  • Item cantus.
• XII. Fragment of a Song. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 262.]
• XIII. Signs of Death. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 262.]
• XIV. Three Sorrowful Tidings. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 262.]
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  • XV. The Proverbs of Alfred. TEXT I. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 262.]
  • XV. The Proverbs of Alfred. TEXT II. [From Wright's print in 'Reliquiæ Antiquæ,' and Kemble's in his 'Dialogue of Salomon and Saturnus.']
• XVI. An Orison of our Lord. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 265.]
  • Tractatus quidam.
• XVII. The Duty of Christians. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 266.]
  • Tractatus quidam.
• XVIII. The Shires and Hundreds of England. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 267.]
  • Her bigynneþ þe syren. and þe hundredes of enge|londe.
• The xi Pains of Hell. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 271, col. 2.]
  • Ici comencent les vnze peynes de enfern. les queus seynt pool v[ist]
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  • XX. Long Life. [Cotton MS. Caligula A ix, leaf 246.]
  • XX. Long Life. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 252, back.]
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  • XXI. An Orison of our Lady. [Cotton MS. Caligula A ix, leaf 246, back.]
  • XXI. An Orison of our Lady. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 253, back.]
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  • XXII. Doomsday. [Cotton MS. Caligula A ix, leaf 246, back.]
  • XXII. Doomsday. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 255.]
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  • XXIII. Death. [Cotton MS. Caligula A ix, leaf 247.]
  • XXIII. Death. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 255, back.]
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  • XXIV. Ten abuses. [Cotton MS. Caligula A ix, leaf 248, back.]
  • XXIV. Ten abuses. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 257, back.]
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  • XXV. A lutel soth Sermun. [Cotton MS. Caligula A ix, leaf 248, back.]
  • XXV. A lutel soth Sermun. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 258.]
• XXVI. Will and Wit. [Cotton MS. Caligula A ix, leaf 246, back.]
• XXVII. A Prayer to our Lady. [Additional MS. 27,909.]
• XXVIII. A Song to the Virgin. [Egerton MS. 613, leaf 2.]
• XXIX. A Prayer to the Virgin. [Egerton MS. 613, leaf 2.]
• XXX. A Song on the Passion. [Egerton MS. 613, leaf 1, back.]
• XXXI. The Ten Commandments. [Cambr. Univ. Libr. MS. Ff. 6. 15, leaf 21; before 1300.]
• Latin text of Physiologus (omitted)
• APPENDIX II. The xi Pains of Hell. [Douce MS. 302, fol. 17, col. 1.]
  • Incipit narracio quo michel duxit paulum ad infer|num: Interogandum est quis primus rogauit vt anime haberent requiem In infernum, i.e. paulus apostolus et michael archangelus: Dies dominicus est dies electus.
• APPENDIX III. [Vernon MS. fol. 230, col. 3.]
  • Þe visions of seynt poul wan he was rapt in-to paradys.
• omitted back matter